laudation

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Recent Examples of laudation But, this laudation from my fellow travelers is far from the only praise that the Cluci Travel Backpack has received; it's earned nearly 13,000 five-star ratings from Amazon shoppers. Larry Stansbury, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023 These are the bits that tugged my heartstrings the most, injecting an otherwise frenzied laudation with a deep sigh of relief. Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022 Reve’s quintuple pirouettes in Basilio’s equally impressive variations brought gleeful laudations from the crowd, this critic included. Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laudation
Noun
  • Assembly Bill 1892 would help elections by acclamation.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • However, to use the acclamation process HOAs must start their election activities at least 150 days before the election date, and many HOAs find planning that far ahead to be difficult.
    Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The backstage visit comes amid a major moment for Rudolph, whose run as Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony-winning comedy has garnered critical and audience acclaim.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • For his inspired stewardship, Cox, who died Saturday at the age of 84, several years after suffering a stroke, won widespread acclaim as one of the greatest managers the grand old game has ever known.
    Mark Bradley for the AJC, AJC.com, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • An agriculture teacher at Harmony Middle School in Osceola County was named one of five finalists for Florida’s Teacher of the Year award, the Florida Department of Education announced Monday.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
  • The awards were handed out at a ceremony on Sunday, March 10 and bestowed by juries of industry executives, journalists, creators, and experts.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Its ownership by Beijing Tourism Group explains the dedication to local art, design, and culture here.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
  • The chef Eric Ripert and his partner, Maguy Le Coze, understand that space and time are as much luxuries as the commitment to craft and decades of dedication that give each plate here a consummate gleam.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Because the Knicks are prize fighters.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • Known as the Oscars of the food world, the prize annually recognizes some of the best chefs, food writers, critics, journalists and restaurateurs in the country.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Founded in 1999, the website publishes reviews of new releases, re-releases, books, and concerts; articles on aspects of the recording business and the classical repertoire; and Hurwitz’s diatribes and panegyrics.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • The whole film is a panegyric: big speeches and weighty moments with very little sense of play.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Plus, the flower decoration adds a fun feminine flare.
    Aashna Gheewalla, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • Like all good practitioners of this ancient form of body decoration, the artist who inked me gave me a specific list of instructions to take care of my skin in the days and weeks that followed.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • In Italy, academics like Ettore Romagnoli organized an authoritarian spectacle to celebrate two millennia of Horace, the priest Vittorio Genovesi wrote encomiums to Italian imperial ambitions in Rome’s Mare Nostrum, and the Latinist Luigi Illuminati who penned an epic dedicated to Il Duce.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In this encomium to mindfulness, Wallace tells a tale of two fish swimming along, oblivious of the fact of water, the medium of their own existence.
    Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Laudation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laudation. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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